For what it's worth: A Stradivarius violin may have a new neck grafted on( and at a different length and angle), new strings, new bridge, new pegs and tailpiece, had the top removed and scraped down thinner inside, most to the varnish rubbed off, and any number of patches glued in, and yet it is still marketed as a Strad (and priced as such) Gerald
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